Rather than standing tall for universal high standards, education officials pass the buck to look good. The result will be an increasingly unproductive, stratif

Rather than standing tall for universal high standards, education officials pass the buck to look good. The result will be an increasingly unproductive, stratified, and unequal society. You can pass and pass and pass people, but eventually an employer is going to need someone to do the job, and they will make sure they get that someone. So there will be a hard standard sooner or later. The only choice is whether we give all students a chance to meet that standard.